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(More customer reviews)Wow.I pride myself on my vocabulary skills but this is the only one-word definition I could come up with for this game.Soul Calibur is the best fighting game ever made...hands down.It also ranks in my top five favorite video games of all time, which is saying a lot because I've played hundreds of games.Now that I've said that, I can get down to the big question:why should you spend your hard earned cash on this game?I'll tell you why...
Graphically, Soul Calibur has some of the best visuals on any system, including PS2.The first time I saw this game in action I was amazed.I've simply never played a game that looks this good.The character animation is incredibly lifelike, both during fighting and in the pre-rendered opening and victory scenes.The backgrounds are very realistic and add to the overall atmosphere of the game.
The music is well done and the sound effects are tremendous.The sounds of blade hitting blade, blade hitting air, and blade hitting flesh are dead-on accurate.I mean I've never actually heard somebody being hacked into with a broadsword in real life, but I'm willing to bet that it would sound pretty close to the sound you hear in Soul Calibur.Other impressive sound effects are the character voices both during and between battles.From the grunts and roars of the hulking Astoroth to the Bruce Lee-esque high-pitched hooting and hollering of the nunchaku-swinging Maxi, these characters come to life.
Control is extremely tight and responsive.Which makes it a lot easier to learn new moves.Every move in the game is easily accessible through the in-fight move menu.Just push pause during a battle and the entire arsenal of moves for your character is available for the taking.The characters are also very well balanced each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
There are 19 characters in all, although nine of them must be unlocked through beating the game in arcade and mission modes.It's through all of the unlocking hidden characters, levels, costumes, options, art cards, game modes, etc., that the game shows its true depth.Each character has his/her own unique weapons and fighting styles.Each character also has hundreds (yes, hundreds) of attacks, combos, and special moves to keep you coming back for more.
As if you needed any more reason to pick this game up, I will mention that the menu system is very streamlined and straight-forward, the two-player mode is a blast, the art gallery is surprisingly well done, the story lines are more than adequately interesting, and at the recently discounted price you'd have to be crazy to pass this one up...Wow.
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